arma

See also: armá, armà, armâ, armã, and armă

Aragonese

Etymology

From Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”).

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

weapon

References

Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “arma”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”).

Noun

arma f (plural armes)

weapon

Derived terms

arma blanca
arma de fueu

Related terms

armar

Basque

Etymology

Compare Spanish arma.

Noun

arma inan

weapon

Declension

Declension of arma (inanimate, ending in -a)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	arma	arma	armak
ergative	armak	armak	armek
dative	armari	armari	armei
genitive	armaren	armaren	armen
comitative	armarekin	armarekin	armekin
causative	armarengatik	armarengatik	armengatik
benefactive	armarentzat	armarentzat	armentzat
instrumental	armaz	armaz	armez
inessive	armatan	arman	armetan
locative	armatako	armako	armetako
allative	armatara	armara	armetara
terminative	armataraino	armaraino	armetaraino
directive	armatarantz	armarantz	armetarantz
destinative	armatarako	armarako	armetarako
ablative	armatatik	armatik	armetatik
partitive	armarik	—	—
prolative	armatzat	—	—

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.mə/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ˈar.mə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.ma/
Audio (Catalonia) (file)

Etymology 1

From Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”).

Noun

arma f (plural armes)

weapon

Derived terms

arma blanca
arma de foc
cota d'armes

Related terms

armada
armadura
armar
armer

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

arma

third-person singular present indicative form of armar
second-person singular imperative form of armar

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aʁ.ma/
Audio (file)

Verb

arma

third-person singular past historic of armer

Anagrams

rama

Fula

Particle

arma

(Literary) forms the future tense

References

Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese arma, from Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈaɾmɐ]

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

weapon, arm

Derived terms

arma branca
arma de fogo

Related terms

armada
armadura
armar

References

“arma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“arma” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“arma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“arma” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“arma” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gothic

Romanization

arma

Romanization of 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰

Icelandic

Noun

arma

indefinite accusative plural of armur
indefinite genitive plural of armur

Interlingua

Noun

arma (plural armas)

weapon, arm

Related terms

armea

Irish

Noun

arma

inflection of arm:
1. vocative plural
2. (archaic) nominative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
arma	n-arma	harma	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈar.ma/
Rhymes: -arma
Hyphenation: àr‧ma

Etymology 1

From Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms, weapons of war, war, defense, tools”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”).

Noun

arma f (plural armi or (archaic or poetic) arme)

weapon, arms
(military) arm, force

Derived terms

arma bianca
arma da fuoco
armaiolo
armeggiare
armeria
armiere
porto d'armi

Related terms

armacollo
armadio
armamentario
armamento
armare
armata
armatore
armatura
armigero
armistizio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

arma

inflection of armare:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

amar, marà, rama

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”). armentum is an independent derivation from the same root, as if from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mn̥-tom. Cognates include Sanskrit ऋत (ṛtá, “order; right; agreement etc.”) and अरम् (áram, “fitting”), Ancient Greek ἀραρίσκω (ararískō, “to fit together”) and Old Armenian արարի (arari, “I made”).

Semantic development was "that what is fitted together" → "tools" → "weapons". Also related to ars, artus, rītus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ma/, [ˈärmä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ma/, [ˈärmä]

Noun

arma n pl (genitive armōrum); second declension

(plural only)

arms, weapons of war, weaponry (implements of warfare)
Hypernym: tēla (“offensive weapons”)
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 29.4.2.3:
  mūnīre urbem, frūmentum convehere, tēla arma parāre
  to strengthen the defences of the city, to accumulate stores of corn, to prepare a supply of missiles and arms
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.393-394:
  respicit intereā clāvam spoliumque leōnis,
  ‘vir’ que ait ‘hīs armīs, armaque digna virō!’
  Meanwhile, [Chiron] looks at the club and the spoils of the lion, and says, “Man [worthy] for these arms, and arms worthy for the man!”
  (The centaur Chiron addresses Hercules who has slain the Nemean lion in close combat.)
- 8th century CE, Paulus Diaconus, Karl Otfried Müller, editor, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 2:
  Arma propriē dīcuntur ab armīs, id est humerīs, dēpendentia, ut scūtum, gladius, pūgiō, sīca; ut ea, quibus procul proeliāmur, tēla.
  'Arma' 'weapons' are, properly speaking, that thich hangs from the 'armi', that is 'shoulders,' such as the shield, sword, dirk, dagger; and such as that using which we fight at a distance, missiles.
1. defensive arms: armour, shields (etc.)
2. close-quarter weapons (offensive or defensive)
  Antonym: tēla (“missiles”)
3. (poetic) missile weapons
  Synonym: tēla
(metonymically) military action, war (arms as instruments of policy)
(abstract or concrete) warfare, battle (military exploits)
(metonymically) troops, military forces, the army
weapons as means of defence
(by extension) tools, equipment
Synonym: armāmenta

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	arma
Genitive	armōrum armum
Dative	armīs
Accusative	arma
Ablative	armīs
Vocative	arma

Derived terms

armāmenta
armārium
armiductor
armifer
armiger
armilausa
armipotēns
armisonus
armō
coarmiō
inermis

Etymology 2

Nominative plural → feminine singular transfer common during the period.

Noun

arma f (genitive armae); first declension

(Late Latin) a piece of weaponry

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	arma	armae
Genitive	armae	armārum
Dative	armae	armīs
Accusative	armam	armās
Ablative	armā	armīs
Vocative	arma	armae

Descendants

Dalmatian: jarma
Eastern Romance:
- Aromanian: armã
- Istro-Romanian: årmĕ
- Romanian: armă
Extremaduran: arma
Italian: arma
Navarro-Aragonese:
- Aragonese: arma
Old French: arme
- Middle French: arme
  - French: arme
- Norman: arme
- → Breton: arm
- → Middle English: armes (via the plural)
  - English: arms
    - ⇒ English: arm (back-formation)
  - → Middle Irish: armas
    - Irish: armas
Old Leonese:
- Asturian: arma
- Mirandese: arma
Old Occitan: arma
- Catalan: arma
- Occitan: arma
Old Portuguese: arma
- Fala: arma
- Galician: arma
- Portuguese: arma
Old Spanish:
- Spanish: arma
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: arme
- Ladin: erma
- Romansch: arma
Sardinian: àrma
Sicilian: arma
- → Maltese: arma
Venetian: arma
→ Albanian: armë
→ Proto-Brythonic: *arβ̃
- Middle Welsh: arf, aryf
  - Welsh: arf
→ Old Irish: arm
- Irish: arm
- Scottish Gaelic: arm

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 54
“arma” on page 187 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan arma, from Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”).

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Audio (file)

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

weapon

Related terms

armada
armadura
armar

Old Norse

Etymology

From armr.

Noun

arma f (genitive ǫrmu, plural ǫrmur)

pity

Declension

Declension of arma (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arma	arman	ǫrmur	ǫrmurnar
accusative	ǫrmu	ǫrmuna	ǫrmur	ǫrmurnar
dative	ǫrmu	ǫrmunni	ǫrmum	ǫrmunum
genitive	ǫrmu	ǫrmunnar	armna	armnanna

References

“arma”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”).

Noun

arma f (oblique plural armas, nominative singular arma, nominative plural armas)

weapon

Related terms

armar
armat

Descendants

Occitan: arma

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “arma”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 23

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.ma/

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

weapon; arm

Related terms

armado
armar

Descendants

Fala: arma
Galician: arma
Portuguese: arma

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.mɐ/ [ˈaɦ.mɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.mɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaɻ.ma/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.mɐ/

(Nordestino) IPA^(key): /ah.mɐ/, /ah.ma/
Audio (Paulista) (file)

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese arma, from Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”).

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

weapon
Synonym: armamento

Derived terms

arma automática
arma biológica
arma branca
arma de fogo
arma nuclear
arma química
arma semiautomática
mostrar as armas

Related terms

armação
armada
armadilha
armadilha
armado
armador
armamentário
armamentismo
armamentista
armamento
armar
armaria
armeiro

Verb

arma

inflection of armar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Quechua

Noun

arma

basin, sink, bathtub
the Big Dipper

Declension

declension of arma

	singular	plural
nominative	arma	armakuna
accusative	armata	armakunata
dative	armaman	armakunaman
genitive	armap	armakunap
locative	armapi	armakunapi
terminative	armakama	armakunakama
ablative	armamanta	armakunamanta
instrumental	armawan	armakunawan
comitative	armantin	armakunantin
abessive	armannaq	armakunannaq
comparative	armahina	armakunahina
causative	armarayku	armakunarayku
benefactive	armapaq	armakunapaq
associative	armapura	armakunapura
distributive	armanka	armakunanka
exclusive	armalla	armakunalla

possessive forms of arma

ñuqap - first-person singular

ñuqap (my)	singular	plural
nominative	armay	armaykuna
accusative	armayta	armaykunata
dative	armayman	armaykunaman
genitive	armaypa	armaykunap
locative	armaypi	armaykunapi
terminative	armaykama	armaykunakama
ablative	armaymanta	armaykunamanta
instrumental	armaywan	armaykunawan
comitative	armaynintin	armaykunantin
abessive	armayninnaq	armaykunannaq
comparative	armayhina	armaykunahina
causative	armayrayku	armaykunarayku
benefactive	armaypaq	armaykunapaq
associative	armaypura	armaykunapura
distributive	armayninka	armaykunanka
exclusive	armaylla	armaykunalla

qampa - second-person singular

qampa (your)	singular	plural
nominative	armayki	armaykikuna
accusative	armaykita	armaykikunata
dative	armaykiman	armaykikunaman
genitive	armaykipa	armaykikunap
locative	armaykipi	armaykikunapi
terminative	armaykikama	armaykikunakama
ablative	armaykimanta	armaykikunamanta
instrumental	armaykiwan	armaykikunawan
comitative	armaykintin	armaykikunantin
abessive	armaykinnaq	armaykikunannaq
comparative	armaykihina	armaykikunahina
causative	armaykirayku	armaykikunarayku
benefactive	armaykipaq	armaykikunapaq
associative	armaykipura	armaykikunapura
distributive	armaykinka	armaykikunanka
exclusive	armaykilla	armaykikunalla

paypa - third-person singular

paypa (his/her/its)	singular	plural
nominative	arman	armankuna
accusative	armanta	armankunata
dative	armanman	armankunaman
genitive	armanpa	armankunap
locative	armanpi	armankunapi
terminative	armankama	armankunakama
ablative	armanmanta	armankunamanta
instrumental	armanwan	armankunawan
comitative	armanintin	armankunantin
abessive	armanninnaq	armankunannaq
comparative	armanhina	armankunahina
causative	armanrayku	armankunarayku
benefactive	armanpaq	armankunapaq
associative	armanpura	armankunapura
distributive	armaninka	armankunanka
exclusive	armanlla	armankunalla

ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural

ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))	singular	plural
nominative	armanchik	armanchikkuna
accusative	armanchikta	armanchikkunata
dative	armanchikman	armanchikkunaman
genitive	armanchikpa	armanchikkunap
locative	armanchikpi	armanchikkunapi
terminative	armanchikkama	armanchikkunakama
ablative	armanchikmanta	armanchikkunamanta
instrumental	armanchikwan	armanchikkunawan
comitative	armanchiknintin	armanchikkunantin
abessive	armanchikninnaq	armanchikkunannaq
comparative	armanchikhina	armanchikkunahina
causative	armanchikrayku	armanchikkunarayku
benefactive	armanchikpaq	armanchikkunapaq
associative	armanchikpura	armanchikkunapura
distributive	armanchikninka	armanchikkunanka
exclusive	armanchiklla	armanchikkunalla

ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural

ñuqaykup (our(excl))	singular	plural
nominative	armayku	armaykukuna
accusative	armaykuta	armaykukunata
dative	armaykuman	armaykukunaman
genitive	armaykupa	armaykukunap
locative	armaykupi	armaykukunapi
terminative	armaykukama	armaykukunakama
ablative	armaykumanta	armaykukunamanta
instrumental	armaykuwan	armaykukunawan
comitative	armaykuntin	armaykukunantin
abessive	armaykunnaq	armaykukunannaq
comparative	armaykuhina	armaykukunahina
causative	armaykurayku	armaykukunarayku
benefactive	armaykupaq	armaykukunapaq
associative	armaykupura	armaykukunapura
distributive	armaykunka	armaykukunanka
exclusive	armaykulla	armaykukunalla

qamkunap - second-person plural

qamkunap (your(pl))	singular	plural
nominative	armaykichik	armaykichikkuna
accusative	armaykichikta	armaykichikkunata
dative	armaykichikman	armaykichikkunaman
genitive	armaykichikpa	armaykichikkunap
locative	armaykichikpi	armaykichikkunapi
terminative	armaykichikkama	armaykichikkunakama
ablative	armaykichikmanta	armaykichikkunamanta
instrumental	armaykichikwan	armaykichikkunawan
comitative	armaykichiknintin	armaykichikkunantin
abessive	armaykichikninnaq	armaykichikkunannaq
comparative	armaykichikhina	armaykichikkunahina
causative	armaykichikrayku	armaykichikkunarayku
benefactive	armaykichikpaq	armaykichikkunapaq
associative	armaykichikpura	armaykichikkunapura
distributive	armaykichikninka	armaykichikkunanka
exclusive	armaykichiklla	armaykichikkunalla

paykunap - third-person plural

paykunap (their)	singular	plural
nominative	armanku	armankukuna
accusative	armankuta	armankukunata
dative	armankuman	armankukunaman
genitive	armankupa	armankukunap
locative	armankupi	armankukunapi
terminative	armankukama	armankukunakama
ablative	armankumanta	armankukunamanta
instrumental	armankuwan	armankukunawan
comitative	armankuntin	armankukunantin
abessive	armankunnaq	armankukunannaq
comparative	armankuhina	armankukunahina
causative	armankurayku	armankukunarayku
benefactive	armankupaq	armankukunapaq
associative	armankupura	armankukunapura
distributive	armankunka	armankukunanka
exclusive	armankulla	armankukunalla

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin armāre, French armer, or Italian armare.

Verb

a arma (third-person singular present armează, past participle armat) 1st conj.

to prepare a weapon for firing
to arm, equip
Synonyms: înarma, întrarma
(figuratively) to strengthen by adding reinforcement (e.g. armor, a mineshaft, etc.)

Conjugation

conjugation of arma (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

number		singular			plural
infinitive			a arma
gerund			armând
past participle			armat
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	armez	armezi	armează	armăm	armați	armează
	imperfect	armam	armai	arma	armam	armați	armau
	simple perfect	armai	armași	armă	armarăm	armarăți	armară
	pluperfect	armasem	armaseși	armase	armaserăm	armaserăți	armaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
subjunctive	present	să armez	să armezi	să armeze	să armăm	să armați	să armeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		armează			armați
	negative		nu arma			nu armați

Related terms

armadă
armare
armată
armă
armătură

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French armer.

Verb

a arma (third-person singular present armează, past participle armat) 1st conj.

to launch a ship in service with all necessary equipment

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

arma

definite nominative/accusative singular of armă

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɾma/ [ˈaɾ.ma]
Rhymes: -aɾma
Syllabification: ar‧ma

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish arma, from Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”).

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

weapon, arm
El arma secreta ― the secret weapon
Las armas secretas ― the secret weapons

Usage notes

The feminine noun arma is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed /a/ sound in that it takes the articles el and un (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el arma

un arma

However, if an adjective, even one that begins with stressed /a/ such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la or una.

Derived terms

antiarma
arma biológica
arma blanca
arma de destrucción masiva
arma de doble filo
arma de dos filos
arma de fogueo
arma de fuego
arma homicida
arma nuclear
arma química
armería
armero
con las armas en la mano
de armas tomar
escudo de armas
plaza de armas
rey de armas
tomar armas
tomar las armas

Related terms

alarma
armada
armadura
armar
armario
armiguero

Descendants

→ Basque: arma

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

arma

inflection of armar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

amar, rama

Swedish

Adjective

arma

absolute singular definite and plural form of arm.

Anagrams

aram., mara, rama

Turkish

Etymology

From Italian arma.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑɾˈmɑ/
Rhymes: -mɑ

Noun

arma (definite accusative armayı, plural armalar)

coat of arms

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

arma

Definite accusative

armayı

Singular

Plural

Nominative

arma

armalar

Definite accusative

armayı

armaları

Dative

armaya

armalara

Locative

armada

armalarda

Ablative

armadan

armalardan

Genitive

armanın

armaların

Possessive forms
Nominative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	armam	armalarım
2nd singular	arman	armaların
3rd singular	arması	armaları
1st plural	armamız	armalarımız
2nd plural	armanız	armalarınız
3rd plural	armaları	armaları
Definite accusative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	armamı	armalarımı
2nd singular	armanı	armalarını
3rd singular	armasını	armalarını
1st plural	armamızı	armalarımızı
2nd plural	armanızı	armalarınızı
3rd plural	armalarını	armalarını
Dative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	armama	armalarıma
2nd singular	armana	armalarına
3rd singular	armasına	armalarına
1st plural	armamıza	armalarımıza
2nd plural	armanıza	armalarınıza
3rd plural	armalarına	armalarına
Locative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	armamda	armalarımda
2nd singular	armanda	armalarında
3rd singular	armasında	armalarında
1st plural	armamızda	armalarımızda
2nd plural	armanızda	armalarınızda
3rd plural	armalarında	armalarında
Ablative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	armamdan	armalarımdan
2nd singular	armandan	armalarından
3rd singular	armasından	armalarından
1st plural	armamızdan	armalarımızdan
2nd plural	armanızdan	armalarınızdan
3rd plural	armalarından	armalarından
Genitive
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	armamın	armalarımın
2nd singular	armanın	armalarının
3rd singular	armasının	armalarının
1st plural	armamızın	armalarımızın
2nd plural	armanızın	armalarınızın
3rd plural	armalarının	armalarının

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